Pangborn Memorial Airport

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox Airport

| name = Pangborn Memorial Airport

| image = KEAT-FAA-23 FEB 2023.svg

| caption = FAA airport diagram

| IATA = EAT

| ICAO = KEAT

| FAA = EAT

| type = Public

| owner = Ports of Chelan and Douglas Counties

| operator =

| city-served = Wenatchee, Washington

| location =

| elevation-f = 1,249

| elevation-m = 381

| pushpin_map = USA Washington#USA

| pushpin_relief = yes

| pushpin_label = EAT

| coordinates = {{coord|47|23|53|N|120|12|21|W|region:US_type:airport}}

| website =

| r1-number = 7/25

| r1-length-f = 4,460

| r1-length-m = 1,359

| r1-surface = Closed

| r2-number = 12/30

| r2-length-f = 7,000

| r2-length-m = 2,134

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2017

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 44,376

| stat2-header = Based aircraft

| stat2-data = 108

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=EAT|use=PU|own=PU|site=26461.*A}}, effective 2023-8-10.

}}

Pangborn Memorial Airport {{airport codes|EAT|KEAT|EAT}} is in Douglas County, Washington, four miles east of Wenatchee, a city in Chelan County. The airport is owned by the Ports of Chelan and Douglas Counties.

The airport is used for general aviation and is served by one airline (Horizon Air), offering in-state service. SeaPort Airlines served the airport until winter 2012. As of September 28, 2006, Pangborn Memorial began supporting ILS (Instrument Landing System) approaches.

Pangborn Memorial Airport is named for Clyde Pangborn, who in 1931 was the first pilot to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. Taking off from Misawa, Aomori, Japan with an intended destination of Seattle, he and his co-pilot, Hugh Herndon Jr., instead landed in Wenatchee.

Facilities

Pangborn Memorial Airport covers 665 acres (269 ha) at an elevation of 1,249 feet (381 m). It has two asphalt runways: 12/30, the only operational runway, is 7,000 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m). The former Runway 7/25 is closed; it was 4,460 by 75 feet (1,359 x 23 m).

History

In 2009, the FAA recommended and approved an expansion of the Pangborn runway to 7,000 feet.{{cite web|title=Airport can't grow without upgrades|url=http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/aug/23/airport-cant-grow-without-upgrades/|work=Wenatchee World|accessdate=1 September 2011}}

Airline and destination

In the year ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 44,376 aircraft operations, average 121 per day: 89% general aviation, 5% air taxi, 5% airline and 1% military. 108 aircraft were then based at this airport: 82 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 2 jet, 5 helicopter, 10 glider and 2 ultralight.

=Passenger=

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{{Airport destination list

| Alaska Airlines | Seattle/Tacoma}}

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Destination map
{{Location map+ |USA Washington |width=500 |float=center

|caption=Destinations from Pangborn Memorial Airport

|places=

{{Location map~ |USA Washington |lat=47.3990 |long=-120.2065 |position=right |label=

Wenatchee
|caption=|mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg|marksize=15 }}

{{Location map~ |USA Washington |lat=47.450165|long=-122.309176 |position=left|label=Seattle/Tacoma|label_size=90 |marksize=7 }}

}}

In July 2018, Pangborn began working towards getting a direct flight to and from San Francisco.{{Cite web |title=Support Bay Area Flight |url=https://www.flywenatchee.com/bay-area-flight/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Fly Wenatchee {{!}} Pangborn Memorial Airport |language=en-US}}

=Cargo=

{{Airport destination list

| Ameriflight | Omak, Seattle–Boeing

| FedEx Feeder | Spokane

}}

Statistics

=Top destinations=

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|+ Busiest domestic routes from EAT
(September 2022 – August 2023)http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=EAT&Airport_Name=Wenatchee, WA: Pangborn Memorial&carrier=FACTS

! Rank

! City

! Passengers

! Carriers

1

| Seattle/Tacoma, Washington

| 20,680

| Alaska

See also

References